Kožlí (Písek District)


Kožlí is a village and municipality in Písek District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Geography

Kožlí lies near the western shore of the Orlík Reservoir along the Vltava River, approximately north of Písek, north of České Budějovice, and south of Prague.
The municipality covers an area of, and has a population of 50.

History

The village in the Kingdom of Bohemia was first mentioned in a 1396 deed. In the east, it borders on the extensive gardens of Orlík Castle, ceded to the noble House of Eggenberg after the 1620 Battle of White Mountain. It was inherited by the House of Schwarzenberg in 1717. From 1875 to 1877 the Orlík cadet branch had the Neo-Gothic Schwarzenbergská hrobka erected near Kožlí, a funerary chapel housing the mortal remains of Field Marshal Prince Karl Philipp of Schwarzenberg.